Electricity and Magnetism Chapter 2

Q.1) Define the following physical quantities and State their Units (wherever
applicable) in SI.
1) Dielectric material
2) Polar Molecule
3) Nonpolar Molecule
4) Polarization vector
5) Ionic Polarizability
6) Dipolar Polarizability
7) Molecular Polarizability
8) Electric Displacement vector
9) Electronic Polarizability
10) Electric Permittivity
11) Capacitance
12) Capacitor
13) Parallel Plate Capacitor
14) Spherical Capacitor
15) Cylindrical Capacitor
16) Dielectric constant
17) Induced electric charge

Q.2) Attempt the following Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

1) Across the boundary between two dielectric media
a) Normal component of Displacement vector D remains unchanged
b) Transverse component of Displacement vector D remains unchanged
c) Normal component of Electric Intensity vector E remains unchanged
d) Transverse component of Electric Intensity vector E remains unchanged
2) The relation between E, D and P is given by the following
a ) E = D + Po
b) P = E + o D
c) D = P + o E.

3) Electric Susceptibility
a) is a dimensionless parameter
b) of the medium is always a tensor quantity
c) e in the cgs system = 4 times e in the SI system
d) is a measure of the ease of polarization when an electric field is applied
4) A dielectric slab is placed in an electric field, then
a) All the atoms become polarized
b) Polarization charges appear on the faces
c) Gausss law can be applied to polarization charges
d) The electric field strength E gets modified inside the dielectric
5) A capacitor is charged using a battery. Then the battery is disconnected.
A dielectric slab is introduced between the parallel plates which results in the following
a). decrease in the potential difference between the plates and reduction in the stored energy but
no change in the charge on the plates
b). reduction of charge on the plates and increase of potential difference between the plates
c). increase in the potential difference between the plates and reduction in the stored energy, but
no change in the charge of the plates
d). None of these
6) When a capacitor is connected to a battery, then
a). no current flows in the circuit at all
b). a current flows in the circuit for some time and then decreases to zero
c). the current keeps on increasing, reaching a maximum value when the capacitor is charged to
the voltage of the battery
d). an alternating current flows in the circuit

Q.3) State whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F)
1) When a dielectric slab is introduced between two plates of a parallel plate capacitor, the
electric field is reduced.
2) Electric Susceptibility relates the Polarization P of the material to the Electric Field Intensity
E causing the Polarization.
3) A material containing polar molecules is in the polarized state even in the absence of an
electric field.

4) Capacitance of a spherical capacitor does not depend upon the charge on the spheres
5) Electric Displacement vector D is connected with the bound (induced) charges only
6) Induced surface charge q in a dielectric is always greaer than the free charge q
7) The SI units of Electric Displacement vector D and Electric Polarization
Vector P are same
8) Dielectric constant is also called as the relative permittivity of the dielectric

Q.4) Answer in brief

1) State the Gauss Law in dielectrics (in words) and write its equation.
2) Write the relationships between three Electric Vectors (the polarization vector P, displacement
vector D and the electric field vector E)
3) State the boundary conditions for the electric vectorsE andD (What are the boundary
conditions at the interface between two dielectric media).
4) Write the equations stating relations of electric vectors D and P in terms of E
5) What are polar and non polar molecules?
6) Why a molecule consisting of two similar atoms cannot have a permanent dipole moment?
7) Write the equation stating relation of induced charge in a dielectric in terms of free charge
when an electric field E0 is applied.
8) If an Electric field E0 is applied to a dielectric slab, show the directions of the induced field E
and the resultant field E (with respect to E0 ) with the help of a diagram
9) Show that the work done in rotating an electric dipole of dipole moment p in a uniform
electric field E by an angle from the equilibrium position is given by W = pE(1-cos )
10) What is Lorentz Force? State its equation.

Q.5) Attempt the following Numerical Examples

1) A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 8 pF. What will be
the capacitance if the distance between the plates is reduced by half and the area of the plates is
doubled.

2) Two co-axial cylinders are having radii 5 cm and 6 cm respectively. Their lengths are 12 cm.
The inner cylinder is given a positive charge of 3.5x10-9 Coulomb. Find the capacitance of the
system. If instead of air, oil having dielectric constant 3 is filled between the cylinders upto the
height of 6 cm, what will be the capacitance of new configuration?
3) An electric field having uniform electric intensity of 6x 104 V/m in a medium of dielectric
constant 2, is incident at an angle of 600 on the surface of another medium of dielectric constant
6. Find the magnitude and direction of electric intensity in the other medium
4) A metal plate is having a charge of 2 coulombs on it. A conductor is charged by repeatedly
making contacts with the metal plate. The metal plate is recharged to 2 coulombs after each
contact of the conductor. After first operation the charge on the conductor is 0.1 coulomb. What
is the ultimate charge on the conductor. (Hint: Voltage of metal plate and conductor is same).
5) Two concentric spheres have radii 5 cm and 3 cm. If the inner sphere is given a charge 12 x
10-9 coulomb, the capacitance of the capacitor is 75 pF. Find the dielectric constant of the
dielectric between the spheres.
6) A cube of side length 0.5 m is centered on the origin and its edges are parallel with the x, y,
and z axes. The electric dipole vector per unit volume, P, is given by
P = Po (xux + yuy + zuz) Coulombs/m2 Show that the bound charge density b = - div P.
Calculate the total bound charge inside the cube.